Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-22
Provide for the strangers.


Provide for the Strangers.
This is usually the dull season of the
wear when business relaxes and the
people leave for the country, the
mountains or the seaside. To the aston
ishment Of everybody, business is just
as brisk now as at the usual flush
season, and there appears to be no dimi'
mutton in the number of our people.
Visitors are here in large crowds, and
all our hotels are choked full. The fact
Ia Los Angeles has taken such start
that the stream of new comers pays no
attention to the seasons. Itkeeps pour
ing straight along in solid column. If
it taxes our hotels to furnish accommo-
dations for those wanting them now,
what shall we do with the tremendous
rush We shall have next fall and winter?
If only small part of the visitors it is
conf IDENTIFY assumed will seek Los An
geles next fall, should come, how shall
we provide for them. A great number
of minor hotels and large boarding
houses have been started here in the
last six months. yet these seem to afford
NO perceptible relief. Nothing but one
or more hotels on very extensive scale
will meet the emergency. These we
should have, and our citizens should
lose no time in trying to meet
the great want that will be
upon us next winter. There ought
to be no difficulty in forming one
or more joint-stock companies for this
purpose. Hotels will pay here straight
along for an indefinite number of years.
Money invested in them will yield di-
rectly very large interest, and indi-
rectly the whole city will te immensely
benefited. Every person owning prop.
erty here will realize substantial advan.
tages from them. On the other hand,
if food of strangers pours in upon us,
and they are forced to 90 elsewhere be-
cause of the lack of accommodations
here, a serious injury will be inflicted
upon orr city. Itis no light matter for
the tide of strangers to be turned from
its original direction. If it cannot find
shelter here, it will probably 60 north,
where there is no lack of hotel room,
and In that way we would play directly
into the hands of our good friends in
the northern part of the State. who
would want nothing better, and would
know how to take advantage of the op.
portunity we had thrown in their way.
Let us not be found in the position OF
the foolish virgins when the Eastern
hosts come. Let us at once make prep
arations to receive them and furnish
them with comfortable quarters. A syn.
dictate of our rich men could soon place
us in position to provide all the hotel
room that would be necessary. There
are number of fine locations that could
be secured for buildings that would at
once be ornaments to our city and
An attraction to people in easy
circumstances to come here to
spend great part of their time in the
esjoyment of our matchless climate and
magnificent scenic. surroundings. 1t has
been street talk for several days that
steps were being taken to build large
hotel on the Briswalter orange tract on
South Main street. That would be
delightful location for great caravan.
sary, and we hope that the enterprisiDg
gentlemen who have the management of
the Briswalter estate will see their way
clear to enter upon AN improvement Of
this inviting character. But whatever
may be done in this way by private par.
ties, q joint-stock company, organized
on large scale, could give us what Los
Angeles sorely needs now, and what she
will always need, a hotel that would
the immense crowd of
visitors that will constantly flock here
from all parts of the Union. No safer |
investment could be made, and as it |
would be in a measure an enterprise
Dent fetal to all, we believe that the
,roper way to start it would be through
he organization of joint.stock com.
,any to which all could subscribe. We
,ould name half a dozen en- in this
.isy who. if they would enter earnestly
nto o scheme of this character, would
'lace it on the high road to successful
in very few days.